New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-16
SuUGGLIyG WOHEy.


The Listener has friend who Is always maintaining
that have netting at an OF wna De- rss ta
ami unwiIlngness commit the wrong when IS merely
the NAHUM prohibtnl, ana not tne tiis unesa
IN snrle or 10 violate the postal regulations rs often
nossble Have you ay idea OF the number OF wrifIct
nd stnwns As Free Trader myself
have certain sympathy %ith oniu nng pIonuIea y
lying The trouble is tt when one attempts 10 ga
dutabe articles IN without paving Tue uss Gn ,G
in this matter without suffering certain moral
deterioration There were tive ladies who came
from IurDpc on the last trip which made WAC actually
loaded backs Of their dresses heavily win val abe
cigars which they were bringing to Tale members OF
their family. They found, aiicr eJ had rel area ten
selves that they could not SIT down without smashing
the cigars and they actually stood i III mack all TIE
way up town in New-iOrk clingng desperately To the
sides the carriage TO save themselves from idihS
and pulling down the curtains 10 AVOID exposing ihei
singular proceedings. THIS was 10 ne an astonishing
anount of zeal ana trouble SIMPLY IN ofes 10 Snagss
sometnne-for the male mempets vI .ne a'' ia.y
would no doubt be quite well contented WIN lars o
their own selection with those their female reaiva
might bring them from Paris; rSiy DetNe ,n. ,nrIs
are women who 20 abroad chiefly ior cue lun ana en
citemept OF muggng something IN on theil return
An excellent lady VINO heard nus nH'nie M, w "a "a
dgnant and declared that she ana heI d,iE"'eI h'l
been abroad. and had positively snngsled ho'hihs "hak
AS me-" she said-she heonsei to the family OF
gentleman noted for his devotion to protectlohs er
pies should soon THINK OF stealing a. Oh Snug
CLING" ,a,,,,,.or n,o,n,,ve,c IS itsn,
you that had twenty-five yards OF IRISH ineh al
the bottom of my trunk ..,,.,
-weu. did told the inspectors. Here's my trins
oren 20 for IL now knew that II dId tai wa! t'y
wouldn't really overhaul it. And they didn't iley
paved over few innocent things nj tie top an toHs
twenty tive yards OF precious linen spread out cIear ~
the bOtOm slumbeied peacefully without SO mucb a.
touch" -. .
should have told the officers.
Which incident shows that the smuggling instinct Is
hard thing To eradicate even In prOtectOnst laililes
lust as the had proceeded 10 reOnke inc sht
on tue part his frel which led 10 his asspl"h ss
there is disposition on tue part 81 women NJ sth'in ~
eyade the postal regulations newspaper IRON Tue Ht
wr1Dped aud addressed feminine han, was ~. uSht
I'm for him He opened it, and from the midst oi y hre
drained pretty card OF written aleux from couple ~
Ladies who were inst starting on Journey ana Wa" aa,
iucidentav 10 the transmission ~ newspaper Nhlrl
contained something they wanted him 10 real sent this
written card with both their names signed upon H. Ana
vet no people in the world could be more -cripuohsy
Lonora.e than these ladies' IN every relation 81 NE
II il is true that women have mlcb less reuse o. 10
instability in such matters II - ine. lmrHdp' 10 ~
fact that the business contact % nch WIN lhc N"n
gives then a habit OF compliance With Tie u>'" plDic
reOato, which are after ali br, an adlhnci 10 lhtlt
business When a woman writes a message on t1e
marln of newspaper. cncOscs VII ton caro- IN lts
folds the chances that the postal regulations never
for an instant her mind She has not rh"u- con-
tact with them to bring them very prominently I'M" yer
consciousness A man. however, has occasion 10 eA"
them, and nstnctively follows theih